Jean-Michel Jarre is known as the iconic Electronica pioneer of our time. It’s a blanket term to summarize the man who has fought relentlessly for a musical and humanitarian vision to come into fruition. When Jarre released his breakthrough album Oxygène in 1976, it was an international success that topped the charts. People gravitated to […]

Philippe Malouin “I think that design just adapts to technology and produces things more or less efficiently. But sometimes, just sometimes, with a good mix of creativity, restraint, and technology, you can make something better.” – Philippe Malouin Philippe Malouin is a London based designer with expertise ranging from furniture design, to large installations, to […]

The Art of Brand Building TSG Consumer Partners founder, Chuck Esserman, is widely lauded as having a gift for picking winners. For three decades, his private equity firm’s net returns topped 24%, growing to nearly 30% over his last three funds and more than 35% for TSG’s most recent fund. Yet thirty years ago, Esserman’s […]

Creative, Cultural, Community Spring Place, located in the artistic Tribeca area of NYC, is the ideal work setting for inspiring collaboration and co-creation. It is a membership-only workspace connecting creative leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone working to shape the business of contemporary culture. Members are granted access to workspaces, a private club, hospitality, innovative programming, and […]

Scene: Rihanna writhing suggestively, clad in pink latex singing about the fantasy of every man and woman. Zoom in: beyond the overt sexuality, beyond the skin, beyond the lyrics of the hit song “S&M,” you will find a chair as curvaceous and unique as the singer herself. Enter the Peacock Chair by Dror. The […]

The Influencers Madison Maxey is a tinker for the 21st century. As a self-described creative technologist, Maxey focuses on e-textiles and wearables with the potential to change the role apparel and fabrics can play in our lives. She grew up in San Diego where her mother worked as a flight attendant and her father was […]

The Influencers Clara Brenner is a managing partner at the Urban Innovation Fund – a venture capital firm with a focus on startups that aim to impact urban communities. She’s also the co-founder of Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator that empowers startups to solve urban issues. Both endeavors were setup to nurture companies that harness […]

For some, Adrian Grenier invokes Vinnie Chase from the HBO series Entourage or “the boyfriend” in The Devil Wears Prada, but behind the scenes this philanthropic creative has been using the mediums of film and music to ignite much needed conversations about the social and environmental health of our people and planet. Raised as an […]

From an early age, Laura Apsit Livens felt drawn to big and bold colors and patterns, a fascination she now brings to her hat collections. Based in Mayfair, London, Livens is determined to keep couture millinery alive and popular. Her passion earned her a coveted spot in the Headonism exhibition at London Fashion Week this […]

From War in Real Life to War On-screen Lavish Alice top Manning Cartell pants The film, Under The Shadow, begins with a woman shrouded in a black hijab with a dark, intense gaze. The camera hones in on her expression riddled with sadness and frustration, which elicits immediate empathy for her before we even learn […]

Are you inspired by films? If so, which ones inspire you? Is it the characters or the visual look of the film? I am very inspired by films; both narration-wise and pictorially. I find film has an interesting format relating closely to that of a novel; fiction, characters, timewise. And, I also find to it […]

In a chandelier-lit space lined with silver steel racks, collections of the season’s most interesting pieces of fashion hang with invitation, awaiting Olivia May’s guests and customers to discover it. Such statements are so interesting that its residence of showcase, Olivia May, manifests a perspective where an expanse of experimental design is encouraged for the […]

The Scientist Australian designer, Jessica Van, was featured as one of the ‘Innovators’ in Australia’s Fashion Week and her use of sustainable materials and curious details are exactly that: innovative. Van was well on her way to becoming an engineer, until her housemate, noticing that Van was unhappy in her studies, asked Van what it […]

Harvy Santos didn’t plan to be a fashion designer—fashion found him. His unusual entry into the fashion industry, specifically hat design, has been nothing but pure success. For the second time, he is a part of the prestigious Hedonism exhibition at London Fashion Week this fall. The British Fashion Council event celebrates and rewards up-and-coming […]

And his Unexpected Dream Job While many dream with stars in their eyes about what it would be like to be glamorous, on-screen actor, Joe Dempsie admits he never could have foreseen himself going down that path. His interest in theater originally began as a way to make people laugh and keep himself occupied after […]

With a mere seven years under their vintage-inspired belts, Cydney Morris and Dallas Wand have woven their retro dreams and handmade designs into a fashion empire that rules the festivals and streets of California and beyond. Stone Cold Fox combines the nostalgia of the fashion days of yore with flattering, modern silhouettes, thus providing the […]

MM6 Maison Martin Margiela Vest dress Caroline’s own jewelry and shoes Caroline Vreeland is the type of person who naturally draws people in. From her piercing blue eyes to her fearlessness in sharing her vulnerability with the world, she’s someone people want to know or wish they knew. As the great-granddaughter of legendary fashion editor, […]

Ah, Mezcal… The smokey nectar of Oaxaca. After centuries of production, Mezcal is finally beginning to capture the public eye and make a name for itself on an international level. Although Tequila is technically the “National Drink of Mexico,” Mezcal, with all of its history is, and always will be, the real drink of Mexico. […]